Pope Pius II Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 4 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Pope Pius II.
Famous Quotes By Pope Pius II
Common men should esteem learning as silver, noble men prize it as gold, and princes as jewels. — Pope Pius II
It is not about the pasture of the sheep, but about their wool.
[Lat., Non est de pastu ovium quaestio, sed de lana.] — Pope Pius II
Turn the anger of the Almighty against the godless Turks and Barbarians who despise Christ the Lord ... In the royal city of the east, they have slain the successor of Constantine and his people, desecrated the temples of the Lord, defiled the noble church of Justinian with their Mohometan abominations. Each success, will only be a stepping stone until he has mastered all the Western Monarchs, overthrow the Christian Faith, and imposed the law of his false prophet on the whole world — Pope Pius II
Lust sullies every age of man, but quite extinguishes old age. — Pope Pius II